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39.14 (3) There shall he no more than two (2) feet• of space between the inner edge of any such sign and the face of the wall from which its projects, nor shall the outer edge of the sign be more than eight (8) feet from the face of the wall. (4) The building or structure from which any such sign projects and all attachments or fastenings must be so constructed as to safely resist the dead load and the wind load added by the attached sign. (5) All such signs shall be of non-combustible materials or of not less than one hour fire resistive construction. Subdivision 6. Roof Signs; Construction and Design. The following standards shall be maintained for all roof signs: (1) No roof sign shall be located nearer than five (5) feet from the outside wall toward which it faces, nor exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height above the roof level of the building unless constructed integral with the building or structure, nor shall it project beyond the edge of said roof in any direction. For the purposes of this subdivision, lights attached to the sign structure and lights attached to the building and beamed toward the sign structure shall be con- sidered part of the sign structure. (2) Every such sign shall be either ;etal, metal clad, incombus- tible, open wire or open metal clad, except that such sign may have letters, figures, characters, or borders of wood if such borders do not exceed four (4) inches in width, and such wooden letters, figures or characters do not cover more than twenty-five (25) percent of the area of such sign, provided that in place of sheet metal, substitution may be made of the following materials; tempered pressed wood or other similar materials approved by.the Building Inspector, having equal properties as to strength, fire and moisture resistance. (3) No such sign shall be so placed as to prevent free passage of persons from one part of the roof to another. (4) The building or structure upon which such such sign is placed, and all attachments or fastenings must be so constructed as to safely resist the dead load and the wind load added by the attached sign, and in such a manner as not to cause damage to the building or structure on which such sign is placed. (5) No roof sign shall be more than sixty-five (65) feet in length nor shall it extend more than twenty-five (25) feet above the surface of the roof of the building on which it is located. No roof sign shall extend more than forty-five (45) feet above the average ground level of that part of the street toward which it faces. Subdivision 7. Wall signs; Construction and Design. The following standards shall be maintained for all wall signs- (1) No wall sign shall have a projection over a private sidewalk or an established building line of more than twelve (12) inches.